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ABL TRIBUNE The Weather V Fuiwiwi Fair tonight mid Kntur Uuy. No c'Iuiuko lu temperature. EDFORD Temperature mulieM. yesterday U Lowest this morning Ill lull, Tarnly-tourlh Yeir. Wt.ll Klfl) -tlthlii Year. FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OK EG ON. FIJI DAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1929. No. 22?.. M M Today By Arthur Brisbane Dividends AreJGood. : h 1 And Hear John D. R.; The Women Resolve. 200 American Dialects. (Copyright by King Foaturea Syndicate, Inc.) Dividends that speak loutler - than words spoke loudly on Tuesday. J. l'ierpont Morgan added a dollar to the Steel dividend, seven millions extra, handed to stockholders. Another dollar was added to ; 4 Tuesday's dividend on Anieri- can Call. And Wednesday, to increase cheerfulness, George W. Hill, who succeeds his father as pres ident of the American Tobneeo Company and has almost dou bled the business of that com pany, added two dollars to the payment 'that bis stockholders will get, a total of more than nine millions. Prom Pocantieo Hills, where .lohn D. Rockefeller is enjoying life at the age of 90, came a statement that to the distressed was like a drink of cool wetcr in the middle of the Sahara : x "My son and I have, lor some days, been purchasing sound common stocks. We are continuing, and will continue, our purchases . in . substantial amounts at levels which we be lieve represent sound invest ment values." Mr. Rockefeller, who has giyen away $750,000,000 to sci- ence, education and fighting disease, rarely makes any pub lic utterance "His 'statement nbont purchase of stocks by himself and his son, is his first public statement on tmsiness since 1911. ' It will do more than anything else could have .done to restore confidence. M Those purchases, of course, will probably enable Mr. Rocke feller to give away another hundred million. Everybody knows that his purchases are based not on a desire for prof its, but to restore confidence and prevent unnecessary loss to millions. Stocks representing sound vahies increased in priee yes terday. Some, slow to move, will move in due time. , Some, not worth having, will, perhaps, stay where they are. A man is foolish to gamble. And a man is foolish who al lows himself to be frightened into throwing good properties overboard. Julius Hosenwald of Chicago, (Continued on Page Four, 8acond Section) Nome Kidks kin look so bur do In' nnthln' lwt tlicy artiuilljr worn lniii-M-a-Jllc. The Kite (llvi.nv twxo tin born settled mil o' coml Mnt. Kite mcrcr-ln' to let Mr. Kile liaro all tlw children If he'd Rte tier the cw. GADDISHITS I FOR HER Commission Amazed By Ac tion of Citizens' Budget Committee in Lopping Off $27,000 From Proposed Water Fund Discontinu ance Public Market Also Recommended. Chairman E. C. Gadilis of the wafer commission issued the fol lowing statement today regarding the action latjt night of the budget committee: . "The city watter commission was greatly surprised at the action of last night's citizens' budget com mittee, particularly from the fact that it arbitrarily lopped off $27, 000 from the water budget out of the proposed. $30,000 cut in the to tal city budget, thus taking prac tically all from this one depart ment. "Tho amazing part about this ac tion is that, if allowed to stand, it will cut off $24,000 required for paying off and retiring water bonds in accordance with city re quirements as provided in the bond schedule. Putting off the payment of city water bonds to some future time does not mean a saving in any sense, but does mean added inter est cost to the city for every month they remain unpaid. "It is now up to the city council to decide whether such a move is approved or whether the city should pay its water bonds as scheduled, and this will be consid ered very soon at a joint meeting between the council and water commission. The commission feels that putting off paying your bills is not economy nor saving money for the city; so is Interested in seeing Medford's water bonds paid off as rapidly as possible'." Adopt Report The report adopted last night by the budget committee appointed some time ago to make recommen dations to the city council regard ing the 1930 budget of the city ex penses, as' foretold in this news paper yesterday afternoon, last night recommended that $36,927 be sliced oft the original budget of estimates amounting to $157,762 submitted to them by the council two weeks ago. which would make the levy IS. 3 mills, 214 mills less than the levy of two years ago. However, this does not mean that the council will accept the recommendation, which leaves the budget for operating expenses less than the present year, despite the growth of the city in fact, the ma jority of councllinen woro greatly displeased, according to expres sions made by them last night; and the city water commission, from whose budget of estimated expenses the greatest cut was made, after an unsuccessful fight last night to have their budget left unchanged, will make a determin ed further fight before (he council to have the Items, stricken out by the budget committee restored. Concessions Refused The budget committee was hard boiled and refused to malic any consessions from Its report decid- (Continued on Page 8lx IS DEFERRED WASMINOTON, Nov. 1. fvV) A resolution asking condemnation I of Senator Bingham, republican. I Connecticut, was Introduced in the j senate today by Senator N orris, ro-j publican. Nebraska, but at the re-1 quest of Senator Fes of Ohio, toe' republican whip, its consideration was drferred Senator , NorrU called ftttenifnn that the resolution was prlvib'Rf.1. but said he was glad to lay It aside temporarily if anyone requested. The resolution read: 'Tht the action of the senator from Connecticut, Mr. Minuhum. In placing Mr- Charles L. Kyanson upon the official rolls of the sen ate at the time and in the manner set forth In the report of the sub committee and the committee on the judiciary is contrary to good moral and senatorial ethlt s and tends to bring thp senate into dis honor and disrepute, and such con duct Is hereby condemned." Although Hlnnham to far ha made no move. It has been Indi cated he will do no aftpr the sen ate acts on the resolution. Mi frionris have told him It has a chance of bing adopted. Mf has refused, however, tn di- cus Norrii action. , BUDGET GU CENSURE FOR" SEN. BINGHAM Fall Is Sentenced to Year in Prison . Albert H. Fall, former woretary of the interior, being wheeled nutomoblle. after he wan found the KIk Hills naval oil reserve LAKE DISASTER Collision Michigan Freight ers Brought Death to Ten Is Belief Today Captain Among' Missing of Sena tor Crewi "MILWAUKEI'-Wia;, Nov 1. iA3) .Lives of nine men and a wom an today were believed to have been lost in the. collision between the ore currier Marquette and the freighter Senator which sank 20 m lies off Port Washington in Luke Michigan yesterday. Fooling her way through thick fog, the Senator was rammed amidships by the ore carrier Mar quette and aunk 20 miles off Port Washington, Wis. The Marquette herself was ' saved from founder ing by rescue tugs and was towed here last night. Twenty-one Saved Twenty-one persons were saved from the Senator. A mong the missing wns her captain, George Fim-h. The missing woman was Mrs. Minnie tiormley, wile of ,tho stow ard. Several survivors reported seeing her slip from a life raft. Iter husband was rescued. The two freighters loomed sud denly out of the sticky fog and hardly had time to sound a warn ing before the steel nose of the ore boat rammed broadside into the steel freighter, loaded with auto mobiles, ripped it open with such a gap that it went tluwn before tnc crew could reach the life boats. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 1. Morton Smith, young ,oplln, Mo., golf star, drove his way to a strengthened lead over 118 ama teur and professional golfeni In tho third Oregon golf champion ship today through fog and cold wind by rounding the turn of the. first nine at Columbia Country club with a H'i or four under pr. Smith, whose average number of strokes in open golf tourna- nienta this season, la lower than that of any other professional or amateur in the country, held a lead of two strokes til the end of the first 18, holes yesterday, With the four under par today, smith assumed the role of favorite in winning the open and the' f 1 2 0u prize. HIGHWAY CAR THEFT KIC) I5NH. Ore.. Nov. 1, frV Fifteen yes is In the state prison was given K. L. Hlulr, 24, Port land, in circuit court hrre today, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and robbery armed with a dangerous weapon. Mbf Foshay, Id. also known as Babe Iarson, was given three years a an accomplice. The piilr wer arrested at Hose burg yesterday for 1-higene author ities, after holding up Kugene F. Walker here and stealing hl automobile. NINE MEN AND WOMANTG N guilty of accepting a bribe from ICiUvoril 1j, Oolieuy for. the lease f in California. Thomas I. Xorris (Inset) was foreman of the jury. Hen Thief King Stole 100,000 in Two- Year Period ! . PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov, 1. 4 (VP) Joe Miller, whose, ad- 4 dress Is obscure, but whose fv alleged confession that he . t stole 100.01)0 chickens from ! Washington and Oregon ! farms within the- past ,two ' 4 years is said to have cleared up the chicken stealing epi- 4 demlc, was arrested at Daven- port. Wash.,' and was lodged 4 in jail here Thursday. ' J J Miller said passage of an 8 4 Oregon law requiring that i birds he properly identified S as property of the seller be- 4 fore accepted on the market i put a damper on the chicken 4 stealing business, police said. 4 BERTH HANDED G. A. Youngquist, State At . torney General, Succeeds Mrs. Willebrandt As As sistant to Cabinet Officer Well Qualified. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. UP) O. A. Youngquist, attorney-general of Minnesota, has been selected iyy President Hoover to succeed Miibel Walker Willebrandt as assistant attorney-generul In chargu of pro hibition enforcement. Mr. Youngquist, who was born i n S wed p n and w h ose home Is in Crookston, Minn., Ip now In Wash ington and will take office In tl-c near future. Jits nomination, it is said, will be transmitted to the senate this week. Tho Mlnnesotan has served sev eral terms as attorney-general of his state, and before that was as sistant attorney-general. He hud appeared before the supremo com: of the United -States as a repre sentative of Minnesota on a num ber of occasions and lawyers hero say that he ha a splondld stand ing before that court. - Friends of the administration; describe Mr. Youngquist as a fli ni believer in-the dry cause. They ( also say that his record as eri - forcPinent officer of Minnesota is; excellent. j BeAlriPN enforcement of the VoKl stead actt Mr. Youngquist will have j charge of enforcement of the: In - ternai revenue lawn and the fiar- j cotlc laws. ENFORCEMENT MINNE AN Cotton Creations to Clothe Fair Ones; Evening Gowns, Also Shoes, Are Shown BOSTON. Nov. 1 . VPf New dress creation In the "cottons of 1930" will bfderk fair feminine creatures down to their very toes. Evening gowns, sports wpar, morning and afternoon dresses and pajaina lounging suits were exhibited by Junior league girl and nub debutantes at a fashion show for the convention of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers last night. Cup ping everything else In the dis play, however, or rather footing It, was a new experiment of th Industry, cotton shoes. Striking new. effect with cot ton nt and velveteen were shown. The1 adHptnhlllty of vetveteen wax from court mill assisted Into his PANTAGES PLEA L Hearing On Argument Is Set 1 for November 9 Court j Appearance Brief Little Change Noted in Theater ' Magnate. LOS ANOKLKS, Nov. 1. Sentence , of Alexander Pantuges, theatrical magnate convicted of a statutory, offense biguinst j Eunice Prlngle, youthful dancer, wus de layed automatically today by tho filing of a motion for a new trial. Superior Judge Charles Fricke set NoveuSber u, . for. the hearing of arguments. , j1 . In contrast to the multi-million-aire's triul which consumed weeks, this last phase of his court appear ance required only three minutes. Defense counsel made tho mo tion Immediately after Judge Fricke had rapped the court room to order. Pantnges, who said fol lowing his conviction last Sunday that he would ask for a ro-trlal, appeared hardly changed by his five days of Jail confinement and watched tho proceedings stolidly. lletmtiH to Cell lie waa brought to tho court room under guard and returned to his cell at the close of tho session. From him came no reply to the Hturtllng charges of District Attor ney Huron Flits yesterday that ho had planned an airplane escape and his counsel made no effort to free him from Jail in tho face of Pitts' declaration that he would oppose any a( tempts to obtain a release. f ' I'antagcM had beep ordered son tenced today but no action can be taken now until deposition of tho defense motion. Under tho Jury veid let he Is sulJ'-t to a l-to-50 year prison term. anew ('(IRTISH FIELD, N. Y., Nov. 1 (4') -Completing n hazardous air Journey of 12,500 miles, the globe rottlng Russian piano, "Lund of the Soviets," landed hero at 4:13 p. m. today. When the ulrmen landed 3000 personH had gathered at the field to welcome them at the end of their flight, started on August 23 at Moscow. I demonstrated tn on ensemble In cluding a Jacket of green hollow cut velveteen with skirt of the wainq material, , a red velveteen coat with fur trimmings and an (range and black check velveteen raincoat. In referring to the new silhou ette during her introduction of the various models, Katrine Hooper style advlter to the na tional association, said that a fashion that comes slowly comes more surely and lasts longer. "Kvery woman knows," she con tinued. "that, if Alio gives In cone I pletely to the new silhouette, she will have to discard her whole wardrobe, which i something very 1 few ran or want to do." FR NEW AR SENTENCE FALL GIN YEAR IN JAIL HEM FINE Sentence Imposed After Mo tion for New Trial Denied Would Have Drawn Full Penalty if Health Not Im paired Appeal Stays Execution of Sentence Bond Given. WASH I NGTOX. Nov. 1 . A) Albert B. Fall, former cabinet of ficer convicted of receiving a $100. 000 bribe, today was sentenced to one year in Jail and fined $100, 000 after a motion for a new trial had been denied by Justice Hltz In tho District of Columbia, su preme court. Fall, found guilty last week of receiving a bribe, from Kid ward L. Doheny, oil operator, .was granted bond, pending an appeal. Under the law the maximum sentence that could have been given the former cabinet member was three times the amount he received, or a $300,000 fine, and three years in a federal prison. Proceedings Hiief. The defense attorneys made a brief and formnl motion at the opening of court and the pro ceedings were over in n few min utes. t Justice Hit said had Fall been In good t physical condition ho would have Imposed full sentence. In view of Fall's 111 health, the court announced, the jail Hen tenee would have been suspended if It were to take effect at once. As an appeal will be taken, how ever, such sentence will not at art at this time. , The court let defense counsel understand that If tho appeal wro dropped he would suspend tho jail sentence as long as Fall's physl 04!... condition waa.. such ' us . It. -is now. ' " . Dolieny Absent. Fdwnrd L, Doheny, accused of giving Fall the bribe In return for a lease on the navy's 12 1 it hills, California, oil reserve, was not In court when tho former secretary of the interior was sentenced. And In contrast to the tumultuous scenes in court when Fall was found guilty, there was no dem onstration today, Full showed no signs of emo tion. Mrs. Fall sat beside him and his two daughters werenmong the spectators. Mrs. leaned forward over her hu -and's right shoulder and talked with him and patted him on the left ahoulder, Fall said he hud no statement to make at this time. r Ho waited for fifteen minutes for his new bond of $5000 to bo prepared for his signature. It was signed by Jhe National Surety company. While ho was waiting, his dau ghters, Mrs. C, C, Chase and Mrs. Jouett Klllott, stepped to his side, and Mrs. Chase, Hitting on tho arm of his chair, threw her arniH around his shoulders. TIioiiimoii Itccovcrcri. Fall's throo attorneys woro pres ent, including Mark Thompson, who collapsed in the courtroom whpn tho Jury rendered Its verdict. Defense counsel, bond e d by Frank Ilogan, based thrlr plea for a now trial largely on Juki leu Hltz' charge to tho Jury which they contended was prejudicial and on tho admission of evidence regard ing tho lease of tho Teapot Dome Naval Oil reserve to Harry F. Sin clair. . Jlogan, In his plea for a new trial, merely outlined. the grounds on which he based his motion and they were overruled without government counsel having to make a reply. Just boforo sentence was pro nounced Thomas K. Norrls, fore man of tho Jury which convicted Foil, and Miss Virginia Cooper, 2:iyear-old stenographer, a Jury member, took seats In tho au dience. Ah soon as his bond had been s'gned. Fall, iiccompanlcd by his physician and members of his family, returned to his hotel. STOLEN, SHERIFF TOLD CKAN'TH PAH8, Oro., Nov. 1. (Pi TMtva unlng a nwitnr truck pupocliilly oiulipc(l to cart poultry mule 2GU tuikoyn, . valued nt 11000, from vurlouit HertlonH of Jonephlno county, Hherlff li. M. I.lntor fax Informix! todny. SUBPOENA BR00KHART FOR LIQUOR EVIDENCE WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. (ft1) A subpoena wno Issued late today for Senator Brookhart, Kepubllran of Iowa, to appear before the District of Columbia grand Jury Investigat ing liquor conditions In Washington. San FrancU j Marriage t. .rt I Also in Slump SAN FKANC1SCO, Nov. 1. (!') A sharp slump In the 4 marriage license market was attributed today by Orant "Cupid" Munson, head of the 4- local bureau, to a condition in sympathy with the stock market. Munson said tho i average of 20 licenses dally 4 bad been reduced to eight. 4 lie issued no formal state- 4 ment but said fundamental S 4 conditions remained sound 4 fr and that there was no reason 4 4 for hysteria. t COSTLY BLAZE Corey Building and Two Residences Destroyed By Fire Last Night Boy In 'jured in Saving Dog Loss Is Estimated $6000 CI RANTS VAHH, Ore., Nov. 1. (A1) Fire reported to have been started as a part of a Hallowe'en prank early today destroyed a gen eral mercantile store, a pool hall and two private residence at Kogue River, Ore., seven miles from here. Losh was estimated at $0000 with only one building in sured. Arthur Long, school boy, wan brought to a hospital here suffer ing Injuries received In attempting to keep his dog from entering a burning building. ' - f The fire took place between '1 and '1 o'clock this morning and would have spread further had it not : hpctrYor the efforts of 1 the Hogue Hlver fire department, a volunteer organization, aeoordlng to a telephone report this after noon. The5. li. Corey mercantile store building, which housed a pool hall and dry goods establishment, was the first to burn anoqulckly Ignit ed the yam Mathews and H. T. McLaln dwellings. The Grants Puss fire department was rushed to the scene, but arrived after the flames had been placed under con trol. The store building had two stor ies. Tho pool hall had two pool tables, a soda fountain and was tho only one In tho city. , E Hull waa filed today In the cir cuit court by (Jcrtrudo M, Ooro against Jay I. Oyre, seeking a di vorce, and suit waa also filed against W. JI. (lore and Hophla I. (lore, parents of tho defendant, alleging alienation of affections, and asking damages to tho extent Of ffiU.OOO. All the principals In the two actions aro well known In this city and county. In the divorce action, tho care and custody of three minor chil dren Is soukIH, with a monthly allowance of flan, for their caro, and $600 for attorney's fees and prosecution of the action. A de cree of divorce, distribution of per sonal property, and monthly fund for caro of the minor children It) asked, along with a restraining order preventing any disposal of property, pending settlement of the two suits. It Is net forth In the plea, that the present $10 per work allowance Is Inadequate. Tho suit for divorce la based upon allegations of cruelty, ex tending from November, 1928, to August, 1 l)Z!(. Melba Williams, formerly attached to the local schools. Is mimed as co-rospondent. In the alienation suit, It Is al leged that the parents "poisoned the mind of Jay I. (fore," by promises and alfts, and "harbored and encotiiHKed a triangle affair with one Melba Williams." and "causing him to become alienated from his wife and family." The papers assert that the (lores posseHS wealth to the extent of 100,000 in land and other assets, and further aver that the plaintiff has suffered "great distress of mind, body and estate." Attorney M. O. Wtlklna of Klam ath llls In counsel for Mrs. Ger trude M, Oore. Oregon, WffMlier ' Oregon: Fair tonight nnd Hatur day, no change In temperature, (ientte easterly winds on the coast. PRANK CAUSES IN ROGUE RIVER IS JAY GORE ASKS DV AND DAMAGES TIRED MEN P0STB00KS Weary Workers Labor, to Clear Up Details Recorcl Breaking Week Over-the-Counter Deals , For bidden During Recess On Markets A. P. Sloan Is Optimistic! .MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1. (!') All properties owned und managed by AVilbur B. Koshay and the W. B. Foshay company of Minneapolis valued at more than f20.0UO.OOU and Including utility and Industrial concerns In 81 states besides Alaska. Canada and Central Amer ica, went Into receivership today. NEW YORK. Nov. I. P) There was little rest for the weary In Wall Street today, although the New York Stock Exchange and tho curb market were closed : until Monday in common with other security markets throughout the country. - Thousands of clerks In broker ago houses labored over the mass of detail that had piled up during this record-smashing week, abbre viated to three and a half trading days in order that brokerage or ganizations might have opportuni ty to recuperate from the tremen dous strain. The committee on arrangements announced that members of tho exchange had been forbidden to deal In any securities "over the counter." . e t Vast Trading f A check-up of the sales on Mon day, Tuesday, Wednesday and on Thursday . afternoon revealed that 43,499,640 shares had been Involved- in the panicky liquidation of the earlier sessions and the sub sequentv recovery of prices, Thic totat Was1 larger than" the previous high mark for a full week: : Alfred P. Sloan, president of the General Motors Corp.,- contributed to the optimistic , statements . by prominent industrial and- financial leaders during the period of stress with the assertion that the funda mental business situation of the country was "very good." Return ing from a, business trip to Europe Mr. Hloan also predicted "a bright outlook over a long period."- "I don't understand this market situation," Mr. Sloan said.. "I can't see any logical reason for any such action as his occurred with proseut values. Business la sound. Cer tainly It has been so with General Motors." HAMMER SLAYER ASKS FREEDOM IN LETTER 8ACUAMBNTO, Cal., Nov. 1. OP) Cluru Phillips, convicted of the murder of Alberta Meadows near Los Angeles In lHliii, pleaded with Oovernor C. C. Young. In a letter mado public hero today, to . grant her release Irom prison so that she might return to her mother and "boforo youth has fled to establish myself as a good wife, and, If It bo God's will, a mother." ' Will Rogers Says: 1.0S ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 1. Sure must be n great consolation to the poor peo ple who lost their stoek in tho Into crush, to know that it has fallen in tho hands of Mr. Rock efeller, who sees that it has a g o 0 1 home - a n 1 never be 'al lowed to wtuidcr around un protected again. There "is one rule that works in every calamity, .: bo f it pestilence, war or famine. The rich get richer aud the poor get poor er. The poor even help ar range it. But it's just as Mr. Brlsbano and I- lvavo been constantly telling yon. "Don't gamble," take all your savings and buy somo good stoek and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up don't buy it. Yours, H , . ' WJLL ROGERS; i